Isn't it amazing what we can do with pictures these days? Take a simple picture and turn it into...
...this
a kaleidoscope
It reminds me of the kaleidoscope I played with as a child, when I was totally mesmerised by colourful moving patterns. Not once did I think I would actually be able to achieve similar results just by pressing a button, but then I wouldn't at such a tender age.
It's quite exciting to mess about with pictures, enhance them, distort them, or change them into something quite different to the original. Now I look at picturess in the press and wonder if they're genuine. I recently saw some examples of how doctored photographs can be used to influence important issues, like politics. It appears that these days nothing is sacred and I find that very worrying.
